Kate Whitehead

Osborne is the brains behind novels such as the Ballad of a Small Player and Hunters in the Dark, both of which are being made into films

Korean American recalls growing up speechless and confused in New York, and says how hurt she’s been that Koreans haven’t embraced her work, and why we shouldn’t be so fascinated with young people, who ‘just have smoother skin’

The author, a former editor of the Post, tells Hong Kong literary festival audience the potential for ‘emperor’ Xi Jinping to stumble, party’s refusal to liberalise, adverse demographics and pollution will stop nation dominating

If it sounds more like a bar than a hotel, that’s because it was. For a long time, Café Royal was a place to see and be seen for the people of London.

Biomarkers are indexes in the body that scientists agree quantify ageing and tell us how far away disease is Sitting in the waiting room at the Hong Kong Immigration Department’s Smart ID Card Replacement Centre in Wan Chai, I’m struck by the fact that everyone in the room is born within the same couple of…

Adam Zagajewski’s exile-tinged poems strike a chord on the mainland